You’re at the University of Chicago, so you’ve probably taken a class, any class, that you and your friends secretly call “Semantic Bullshit.” You could go one of two ways on your professor—you could have a crush on him (even though he’s pretentious as they come) or resent him for being so obnoxious. Well, I...

In association of Live Bait Theatre, the Field Museum presents Letitia Baldrige’s Of Diamonds and Diplomats. It is the true, although sugarcoated, tale of Baldrige’s time as Jackie Kennedy’s social secretary. Baldrige was Jackie Kennedy’s go-between among some of the most important figures of the Cold War. The characters mingle on a stage that consists...

Family drama can come in more forms than your daily dose of Jerry Springer. Broken hearts, shattered dreams, and money troubles are all fairly represented in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, now playing at Steppenwolf Theatre. The first act opens with two huddled figures in the dark, one strumming the guitar and the other reading/sleeping...